Part of a leader’s job is to focus on creating collaboration and trust – not silos – in teams and organisations. High performance is likely to occur when organisations are able to work easily across functions.
However, when the pressure is on or something goes wrong, what we often see is people pulling outwards, going into a self-preservation mindset and disappearing into their silos.
What is the reason?
It can be a two-fold problem boiling down to a lack of ‘psychological safety’ established throughout the organisational culture and outdated hierarchal structures that are rigid and inflexible. Read more
